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Issue Details

Issue #79
Published [May] 2009
Cover Price 9.95 usd
Pages 68
Notes on sale date from comiclistdatabase.com

Cover Details

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Machlan
Inks Mike Machlan
Colors Steph Heike
Notes homage to Jack Kirby's cover to Adventure Comics (DC series) #96

13 page Mr. Scarlet story "The Wolf-Men of the West"

Characters Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Carl Burke; Ellen
Genre superhero
Pencils Phil Bard
Inks Phil Bard
Reprinted from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #19 (November 1943)

7 page Captain Flash story "The Beginning"

Characters Captain Flash [Keith Spencer] (Intro, origin); Ricky (Ricky Davis)
Synopsis After entertaining crippled children at a circus, he then is asked to tell them how he became Captain Flash. As a professor at an atom lab, one day he accidently unsheathed cobalt rays, which gave him incredible powers, and a young boy named Ricky overheard his good fortune, so Keith Spencer decided to take the boy on as a partner.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Sekowsky
Reprinted from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #1 (November 1954)

10 page Mysta of the Moon story "And why does Mars laugh?"

Characters Mysta of the Moon; Mysta's robot (intro); Mars, God of War (cameo); Superbrain (intro; death); Bela (intro)
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Reprinted from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #36 (May 1945)

11 page Doll Man story "The Elixir of Youth"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Caleb Vickrey (first appearance; villain; death)
Genre superhero
Pencils John Spranger ?
Inks John Spranger ?
Notes Title from original appearance. Original appearance index lists Al Bryant as artist
Reprinted from Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #24 (September 1949)

1 page Tommy Tomorrow illustration

Characters Tommy Tomorrow
Genre science fiction
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney

9 page The Flame story "Invasion of the Kikoos"

Characters The Flame; The Kikoos [villains, some die]; Monk [villain].
Synopsis The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers.
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine
Reprinted From Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939)

4 page Lady Luck story "Unmasked"

Characters Lady Luck; Peecolo; Mr. Banks; Lizard
Synopsis Brenda, thinking that Lizard is dead, reveals to her parents that she's still alive. But Lizard captures her and tries to force her to marry him.
Genre superhero
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Reprinted from The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate)

7 page Major Midnight story "The Moon Creatures"

Characters Major Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Icky Mudd; Professor Edan
Synopsis Captain Midnight and his companions are threatened by living rocks with a silica base on the Moon
Genre superhero
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank
Notes relettered Captain Midnight story.
Reprinted from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #50 (April 1947)